"Concepts and Perceptions on African Way of Rural Development Based on Area Studies"

Date:	12-13 December, 2005	Tanzanian woman drying and sorting out coffee beans in Mbinga.
Venue:	Hotel New Africa, Conference Room (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Organizer:	Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan (ASAFAS)
Participating Institutions:	Sokoine University of Agriculture, University of Dar es Salaam, National Environmental Management Council (Tanzania), JICA

Workshop Program
	13 December 2005
	8:50- 9:10 Opening Speech J.Itani (ASAFAS, Japan)   9:10-10:10 D. G. Mhando (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) "Dynamics of Coffee Production: Challenges of Livelihoods of the Matengo Farmers in Southern Tanzania"   10:10-10:30 (Tea Break)   10:30-11:30 M. Araki (ASAFAS, Japan) "Reconsidering Participation: Local Notion of Participation and Diversification of Group Activities in Southern Tanzania"   11:30-12:30 S. J. Nindi (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) "The SUA Method and Local Government Nexus: A New Challenge to Sustainable Rural Development"   12:30-14:00 (Lunch Break)   14:00-15:00 V. Makota (National Environmental Management Council, Tanzania) "Resource Mapping and Management Using GIS & Remote Sensing Methods"   15:00-15:20 (Tea Break)   15:20-16:20 F. Kato (ASAFAS, Japan) “Eco-system and Management of Rice Cultivation in Kilombero Valley in Tanzania”   16:20- 17:20 Sun Xiaogang (ASAFAS, Japan) “Pastoralists’ Challenge to Rural Development: A Case Study of the Rendille in Northern Kenya”   17:20-18:30 Wrap-up